Dera Ghazi Khan (), is an administrative subdivision (

tehsil A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a Zila (country subdivision), district including the designated populated place that ser ...

) of

Dera Ghazi Khan District Dera Ghazi Khan (, Punjabi language, Punjabi: ) is a Districts of Pakistan, district in Punjab, Pakistan. Its administrative capital is Dera Ghazi Khan. The district lies to the west of the Indus River. The Sulaiman Mountains rise to a height ...

in the

Punjab Punjab (; ; also romanised as Panjāb or Panj-Āb) is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia. It is located in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising areas of modern-day eastern Pakistan and no ...

province of

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. The capital of the tehsil is

Dera Ghazi Khan Dera Ghazi Khan, abbreviated as D.G. Khan, is a city in the southwestern part of the Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab province of Pakistan. It is the List of cities in Punjab, Pakistan by population, 16th most-populous city in Punjab and List of most p ...

History

Dera Ghazi Khan Tehsil was created as a subdivision of Dera Ghazi Khan District during

British rule The British Raj ( ; from Hindustani , 'reign', 'rule' or 'government') was the colonial rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent, * * lasting from 1858 to 1947. * * It is also called Crown rule in India, * * * * or dire ...

. The population according to the 1901 census of India was 193,744, compared with 177,062 in 1891.

Administration

The tehsil of Dera Ghazi Khan is administratively subdivided into 41 Union Councils, seven of which form the capital -

, the remaining 34 Unions are:Tehsils & Unions in the District of D.G. Khan - Government of Pakistan
Basti Ahmadani

Demography

Population

As of the 2023 census, Dera Ghazi Khan tehsil has population of 1,443,409. Out of which, Urban population is 526,005 which is nearly 36.45% and rural population is 917,404.

References

Dera Ghazi Khan District Tehsils of Punjab, Pakistan {{coord missing, Punjab, Pakistan